1
a
: great in quantity, amount, extent, or degree
there is much truth in what you say
taken too much time
b
: great in importance or significance
nothing much happened
2
obsolete
: many in number
3
: more than is expected or acceptable : more than enough
the large pizza is a bit much for one person
more; most
1
a(1)
: to a great degree or extent : considerably
much happier
(2)
: very
much gratified
b(1)
: frequently, often
(2)
: by or for a long time
didn't get to work much before noon
c
: by far
was much the brightest student
2
: nearly, approximately
looks much the way his father did
1
: a great quantity, amount, extent, or degree
She gave away much of what she owned
2
: something considerable or impressive
was not much to look at
Synonyms
Adjective
- big
- consequential
- earth-shattering
- earthshaking
- eventful
- historic
- important
- major
- material
- meaningful
- momentous
- monumental
- significant
- substantial
- tectonic
- weighty
Adverb
- achingly
- almighty
- archly
- awful
- awfully
- badly
- beastly
- blisteringly
- bone
- colossally
- corking
- cracking
- damn
- damned
- dang
- deadly
- desperately
- eminently
- enormously
- especially
- ever
- exceedingly
- exceeding
- extra
- extremely
- fabulously
- fantastically
- far
- fiercely
- filthy
- frightfully
- full
- greatly
- heavily
- highly
- hugely
- immensely
- incredibly
- intensely
- jolly
- majorly
- mightily
- mighty
- monstrous [chiefly dialect]
- mortally
- most
- particularly
- passing
- rattling
- real
- really
- right
- roaring
- roaringly
- seriously
- severely
- so
- sore
- sorely
- spanking
- specially
- stinking
- such
- super
- supremely
- surpassingly
- terribly
- that
- thumping
- too
- unco
- uncommonly
- vastly
- very
- vitally
- way
- whacking
- wicked
- wildly
Noun
- abundance
- barrel
- basketful
- boatload
- bucket
- bunch
- bundle
- bushel
- carload
- chunk
- deal
- dozen
- fistful
- gobs
- good deal
- heap
- hundred
- lashings [chiefly British]
- lashins
- loads
- lot
- mass
- mess
- mountain
- multiplicity
- myriad
- oodles
- pack
- passel
- peck
- pile
- plateful
- plenitude
- plentitude
- plenty
- pot
- potful
- profusion
- quantity
- raft
- reams
- scads
- sheaf
- shipload
- sight
- slew
- spate
- stack
- store
- ton
- truckload
- volume
- wad
- wealth
- yard
Examples of much in a Sentence
Adjective
actually, nothing much changed
Adverb
The new car is much better on gas mileage.
They both talk too much.
Thank you so much for your help.
He is much interested in the project.
They were much pleased by the compliment.
She doesn't visit her family much.
The town looks much the same.
We came to much the same conclusion.
We left the house much as we found it.
Noun
much of what people think they know about words is inaccurate or downright false
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Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
But much is rooted in economics, and how even low-wage jobs in the West can ignite hopes for a better life.
—Ryan J. Foley, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
PCMAG, 17 Nov. 2024
Instead of continuing on to Pristine Camp, 14,800 feet high and the highlight of our trip, JSB was able to get my wife to the nearest hospital, provide an interpreter, and manage to get us to a lovely finca at a much lower altitude where my wife recovered in a beautiful setting.
—Kathleen Saxe, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
The second-place Giants didn’t do much, but entered Wednesday only 2½ games back.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
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Adjective
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes do not need much water to reproduce and tend to lay eggs just above the water line in small, artificial sources of water, like buckets, pet dishes, fountains and bird baths, plant pots and saucers and old tires.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
But much is rooted in economics, and how even low-wage jobs in the West can ignite hopes for a better life.
—Ryan J. Foley, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2024
Adverb
That beauty adorns a much more capable drive than the Seagate models mentioned above.
—PCMAG, 17 Nov. 2024
Instead of continuing on to Pristine Camp, 14,800 feet high and the highlight of our trip, JSB was able to get my wife to the nearest hospital, provide an interpreter, and manage to get us to a lovely finca at a much lower altitude where my wife recovered in a beautiful setting.
—Kathleen Saxe, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Noun
Ji-Young doesn’t have to do much, and all those moments are there.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
The second-place Giants didn’t do much, but entered Wednesday only 2½ games back.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
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“Much.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/much. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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much
3 of 3 noun1
: a great quantity, amount, extent, or part
much that was said is false
2
: something important or impressive
not much to look at
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